Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Why conspiracies are possible

Skeptics believe that foreign governments, terrorists, organized criminals, Catholic bishops, and greedy corporate officers are all capable of pulling off the most elaborate conspiracies. Indeed, anyone may be a conspirator -- except members of secret societies who take secret oaths, and government officials in possession of "classified" national security secrets. The former are innocent members of benign social clubs, the latter are earnest patriots. At most, in the skeptics' eyes, any attempted government conspiracy will result in a failed cover-up and political scandal.